Insurance

Lawyers in Orrick's Insurance Group bring extraordinary breadth and depth of experience to their advocacy for policyholders. Our international practice group includes lawyers who have won the highest accolades in the industry.

We represent the interests of policyholders exclusively, both in litigating coverage claims to a successful conclusion and in providing innovative non-litigation solutions to the most complex insurance coverage disputes. In addition, we provide risk management counseling and insurance advice regarding some of the world's most challenging and important cases.

Our lawyers have created important insurance precedents and have been involved in many large and high-profile insurance coverage cases.

Facts About Our Practice

• Lawyers on the team have recovered billions of dollars from insurance companies for policyholders, including verdicts in litigated matters and some of the largest settlements in the history of the London Market.
• The practice includes more than 30 lawyers and professionals worldwide.
• Several of our lawyers have been ranked as leaders in the insurance recovery field by Chambers USA, and one was named a "Local Litigation Star" in Washington, D.C., by Benchmark: Litigation.
• Members of our team work on some of the highest profile insurance coverage matters in the world. The historical roots of our practice leaders go back to representation of Johns Manville in asbestos matters, 3M on breast implant product liability matters and numerous clients whose businesses were affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.